Did you know this about the IW Knights of Columbus?
Recently Gerald Korson wrote an article which appeared on the KofC web site (i.e. the weekly Knight-line column) entitled: ‘Live the Virtues of a True Leader – Leadership is not primarily giving orders, but about serving others.’ The following is the fourth of four installments of the article about the Son of God becoming man and humbling himself in order to lead us to the Father and to eternal life.
“Jesus also modeled another key to leadership, and that is self-control. St. Thomas Aquinas would tell us that virtues are formed by good habits, and good habits are developed through self-control, prayer and sacramental grace. Self-control is not just about suppressing our vices but building our virtues.
‘Self-mastery is about restraining evil passions and desires, but also I need to energize noble passions,’ Thompson explained. ‘If you simply restrain, you become boorish and tasteless.’ A leader, he added, needs to ‘be excited, be driven, because then you can draw other people along with you and help them achieve truly great things.’
Leadership is about character, after all, and character must be formed and developed through effort, discipline and grace. A virtuous character makes for a virtuous and true servant leader. That’s what Catholic men must become in order to lead their families and communities amid the challenges they face.
‘Life is short, and eternity is long,’ Thompson said. ‘We may like the idea of virtuous leadership, and we may be inspired by the idea of - going into the breach.’ But so long as we remain sitting in our chairs, and not jumping in, we remain just spectators and we’re not engaging in the fight.”
To find the link to our feature story - and other information about the Knights of Columbus - can be found at IWKnights9981.com/bulletin or on facebook.com/IWknights9981 and NOW on Twitter at twitter.com/IwKnights.
Links Related to this week’s column:
Live the Virtues of a True Leader
Leadership is not primarily about giving orders, but about serving others.
By Gerald Korson (9/27/2021)
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Prayer for Protection in Time of Pandemic
A Novena which seeks Our Lady’s Intercession for Protection in Time of Pandemic
- By His Holiness, Pope Francis (3/2020)
- (Click on the image on the right to view video.)
- A PRAYER FOR PROTECTION IN TIME OF PANDEMIC (PDF Version)
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